Photo: 瑞丽江的河水 · CC BY-SA 4.0In and around Tallaght, 85 schools: 58 primary schools, 20 secondary schools and 7 special schools
Teaching through Irish: 11% of the schools around Tallaght, above both Co. Dublin’s towns (7%) and Irish towns (8%). They have 30,738 pupils between them, in or within 3 km of Tallaght. Ireland publishes no school results, and the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them, so these schools are described here, never graded or ranked.
Schools in the town or within 3 km of its outline, Department of Education lists for 2025/26; the Ireland figures cover all schools listed.
What stands out about Tallaght’s schools
One school growing fast
Of the schools here, Kingswood Community College has grown fastest, from 522 in 2019/20 to 1,006. Getting a place ↓
A wide choice at twelve
Families here can choose among 83 post-primary schools within 10 km of the town, of more than one kind; each admits on its own published policy, so applying to more than one is common. The nearest: Old Bawn Community School (0.8 km), St Marks Community School (1 km) and Kingswood Community College (1.9 km). Post-primary choices ↓
From the Department of Education’s school lists: facts, not judgements of how well a school teaches.
Where the 85 schools in and around Tallaght are
Each school where the official list places it, shaded by who runs it and sized by pupils; squares are secondary schools, triangles special schools. The dashed shape is Tallaght’s outline; schools within 3 km of it count.
Places from the Department of Education’s school lists (its own coordinates for all but a handful); map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Teaching through Irish in and around Tallaght
How many schools teach through each language; the tick marks Ireland’s share.
9 of Tallaght’s 85 schools teach every subject through Irish: Coláiste de hÍde, Scoil Santain and Scoil Chaitlin Maude.
Who Tallaght’s schools serve
The pupils at the area’s schools by share, beside Co. Dublin’s and Ireland’s, 2025/26
Each bar is the area’s share; the tick marks Ireland’s.
DEIS by stage: pupils at DEIS schools
| Share of pupils | Around Tallaght | Co. Dublin | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at DEIS schools | 40% | 28% | 27% |
| Pupils at all-Irish schools | 8% | 6% | 6% |
| Girls | 49% | 49% | 49% |
| Post-primary pupils at single-sex schools | 29% | 38% | 29% |
| Post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools | 0% | 18% | 6% |
40% of the pupils around Tallaght are at a DEIS school, more than the 27% across Ireland (28% in Co. Dublin). Set beside Ireland, post-primary pupils at fee-paying schools stand out most: 0% against 6%. The largest DEIS school here is St Marks Community School, with 931 pupils.
Each of the 85 schools
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary): enrolments by sex and the DEIS list. Shares are of pupils, not of schools; a county’s are the schools listed with its towns.
Who runs Tallaght’s schools
Each school’s ethos, 2025/26: the bars show the share of schools of each kind.
58 of Tallaght’s 85 schools have a Catholic ethos, against 80% across Ireland. The patrons with most schools here: Archbishop of Dublin (48), Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB (11) and Educate Together (5). 36 of the 85 are in DEIS, the extra support for schools in disadvantaged areas (30% across Ireland).
Department of Education school lists: ethos 2025/26, patron 2024/25 (the 2025/26 lists don’t give it). DEIS list 2025/26.
The 19 patrons of Tallaght’s schools
Each school has a patron that owns it and sets its ethos; its board of management runs it.
Of the 85 schools around Tallaght, 48 have Archbishop of Dublin as patron, teaching 49% of the pupils; 19 patrons in all. 16 are ETB schools. Educate Together runs 5.
| Patron | Ethos | Schools | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop of DublinSt Colmcille Senior, Scoil Colmcille Naofa, Holy Rosary Primary School, St Marks Sen, Our Lady Queen of Apostles, Sacred Heart, Bishop Galvin, St Marks Junior Mixed, Gaelscoil Chluain Dolcain, Bishop Shanahan, Assumption Junior School, St Dominic's, Scoil Maelruain Senior, St Martin de Porres, Scoil Treasa Firhouse, Belgard Heights, Scoil Maelruain Junior, Scoil Naomh Seosamh, St Marys School, St Thomas Senior, Scoil Carmel, St Annes Primary School, St Thomas Junior, St Kilians Senior, Scoil Mhuire, St Kilians Junior School, St Kevins Boys, Holy Spirit Junior Primary School, Holy Spirit Senior Primary School, Scoil Santain, St Kevins Girls, Scoil Naomh Ide, St Aidans, St Damiens, S N Muire na Freastogala Girls Senior School, Scoil Naomh Aine, Gaelscoil na Camoige, S N an Croi Ro Naofa, S.N. Aenghusa, St Brigids, An Chroi Ro Naofa Sois, Scoil Aenghusa Jun, Scoil Cnoc Mhuire Sin, Scoil Cnoc Mhuire Junior, Scoil Iosa, St Josephs Special Sch, St Roses Special School, S.N. Naomh Cillin | Catholic | 48 | 15,023 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETBKingswood, St Mac Dara's, Firhouse, Coláiste pobail Fóla, Citywest & Saggart Community, Coláiste Chilliain, Mount Seskin, Scoil Aoife CNS, Coláiste de hÍde, Greenhills College, Tallaght Community | Multi-denominational, Inter-denominational | 11 | 5,612 |
| Educate TogetherFirhouse Educate Together, City West Educate Together, Firhouse Educate Together, Riverview Educate Together, Rathcoole ETNS | Multi-denominational | 5 | 1,498 |
| An Foras PátrúnachtaScoil Chaitlin Maude, Gaelscoil na Giúise, Gaelscoil Chnoc Liamhna, Gaelscoil Lir | Multi-denominational, Catholic | 4 | 848 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Archbishop of DublinSt Marks, St Aidan's, Killinarden | Inter-denominational | 3 | 1,963 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Dominican FathersOld Bawn | Inter-denominational | 1 | 1,024 |
| CEISTColáiste Bríde | Catholic | 1 | 993 |
| Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB & Marist BrothersTallaght | Inter-denominational | 1 | 840 |
| Marist Brothers (Province of West Central Europe)Moyle Park College | Catholic | 1 | 763 |
| The Spiritan Education TrustTempleogue College | Catholic | 1 | 637 |
| Edmund Rice Schools TrustMeanscoil Iognáid Rís | Catholic | 1 | 521 |
| Le Chéile Schools TrustSt Pauls | Catholic | 1 | 466 |
| Religious Sisters of CharityAssumption | Catholic | 1 | 270 |
| Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of Glendalough COIS.N. Naomh Eoin | Church of Ireland | 1 | 91 |
| Health Service ExecutiveSetanta Special School | Multi-denominational | 1 | 68 |
| Spiritan Education TrustLibermann Spiritan School | Catholic | 1 | 51 |
| Irish Autism ActionABACAS Special School for Children with Autism | Multi-denominational | 1 | 30 |
| Cheeverstown School Company limited by guaranteeCheeverstown Sp Sch | Catholic | 1 | 29 |
| Archbishop of Dublin & Bishop of GlendalouoghThe Adelaide and Meath Hospital | Catholic | 1 | 11 |
Department of Education school lists: patron 2024/25, ethos 2025/26.
How children get a place in Tallaght
Starting primary school
Children can start primary school once they are four, and must be in school by six. Families apply to each school directly. Every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice; a school with more applicants than places admits on the criteria in its policy. Since the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018, a Catholic or other majority-faith primary school can’t put baptised children first; a school of a minority faith still can, to keep its ethos.
Moving to secondary school
Children move to post-primary school at about twelve, after sixth class. Again, families apply to each school, usually a year or more ahead, and an oversubscribed school admits on its published criteria, often brothers and sisters and its feeder primary schools.
Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; each school’s admission policy and notice are on its own website.
Which schools are growing
Between 2019/20 and now, 19 of the 75 grew by 5% or more and 41 shrank as much, while Ireland’s pupil numbers moved +5%.
All 75 schools
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September, 2019/20 and 2025/26 (preliminary). No capacity is published, so how full a school is can’t be shown.
The 85 schools in and around Tallaght
Every school in Tallaght or within 3 km of its outline, each linked to its own page. No letters, no results: Irish schools aren’t ranked one by one.
Show all 58 primary schools
Inspection reports for Tallaght’s schools
The Inspectorate’s published reports for each school, linked, without ratings
Inspectors visit every kind of school. Whole-school evaluations look at teaching and learning, leadership and management; subject inspections look at one subject; follow-through inspections check whether earlier advice was taken. Each report is published on gov.ie with the school’s response.
The reports describe what inspectors saw and what each school should do next. They give no overall grade, so none is shown here; the 85 schools below each link their own.
Department of Education Inspectorate reports on gov.ie, found by each school’s roll number.
Post-primary schools within reach of Tallaght
All post-primaries within 10 km; at about twelve, families choose and apply school by school
Within 10 km of Tallaght there are 83 post-primary schools: 52 voluntary secondary schools, 21 ETB schools and 10 community schools. Of these, 28 are single-sex: 15 for girls and 13 for boys. Fees are charged at 18 of them. Every subject is taught through Irish at 5 of them.
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Bawn Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,024 | 0.8 km |
| St Marks Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 931 | 1 km |
| Kingswood Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,006 | 1.9 km |
| Coláiste de hÍdeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 266 | 2.1 km |
| Killinarden Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 471 | 2.2 km |
| Firhouse Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 825 | 2.3 km |
| Tallaght Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 840 | 2.5 km |
| St Aidan's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 561 | 2.6 km |
| Mount Seskin Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 350 | 2.7 km |
| Coláiste BrídeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 993 | 3.2 km |
| St Mac Dara's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 915 | 3.2 km |
| Greenhills CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 186 | 3.2 km |
All 83 post-primary schools within reach
| School | Takes | Also | Pupils | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Pauls Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 466 | 3.5 km |
| Moyle Park CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 763 | 3.7 km |
| Firhouse Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 411 | 3.7 km |
| St. Colmcille's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 727 | 4.2 km |
| Coláiste ChilliainETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 400 | 4.2 km |
| Coláiste pobail FólaETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 758 | 4.3 km |
| Templeogue CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 637 | 4.4 km |
| Assumption Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 270 | 4.6 km |
| Meanscoil Iognáid RísVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 521 | 4.7 km |
| Sancta Maria CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 577 | 4.7 km |
| Deansrath Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 425 | 4.9 km |
| Coláiste ÉannaVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 618 | 5 km |
| Our Ladys SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 799 | 5.3 km |
| Terenure CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 800 | 5.4 km |
| Rosary CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 250 | 5.5 km |
| Rockbrook Park SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 186 | 5.8 km |
| Our Lady Of Mercy Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 289 | 5.9 km |
| Collinstown Park Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 630 | 5.9 km |
| Loreto High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 625 | 6 km |
| Kishoge Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 937 | 6.2 km |
| Griffeen Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 576 | 6.2 km |
| St. Seton's Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Other | Girls and boys | DEIS | 741 | 6.2 km |
| Mercy Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 349 | 6.3 km |
| Presentation Community CollegeETB · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 443 | 6.3 km |
| Gaelcholáiste an PhiarsaighVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 296 | 6.3 km |
| Kylemore CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 479 | 6.3 km |
| Phobailscoil IosoldeCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 764 | 6.5 km |
| Clogher Road Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 297 | 6.7 km |
| Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 320 | 6.8 km |
| The High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 811 | 7 km |
| Stratford CollegeVoluntary secondary · Jewish | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 189 | 7 km |
| Holy Family Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 998 | 7.2 km |
| St. Kevin's Community CollegeETB · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 525 | 7.3 km |
| De La Salle CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 463 | 7.4 km |
| Harolds Cross Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 437 | 7.4 km |
| St Columba's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 357 | 7.5 km |
| Ballinteer Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 415 | 7.6 km |
| The Kings HospitalVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 732 | 7.7 km |
| St Louis High SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 690 | 7.8 km |
| Coláiste Cois LifeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste | 592 | 7.8 km |
| Adamstown Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 981 | 7.8 km |
| Mount Sackville Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 636 | 7.9 km |
| C.B.S. James StreetVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 251 | 8 km |
| Lucan Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 966 | 8.1 km |
| Presentation CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 262 | 8.2 km |
| St. Mary's College C.S.Sp., RathminesVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 500 | 8.3 km |
| Coláiste Phádraig CBSVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 745 | 8.4 km |
| Christian Brothers, Synge St.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | DEIS | 256 | 8.6 km |
| Alexandra CollegeVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls | Fee-paying, Boarding | 664 | 8.6 km |
| Castleknock CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 771 | 8.7 km |
| St Joseph's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 934 | 8.7 km |
| St Patricks Cathedral Grammar SchoolVoluntary secondary · Church of Ireland | Girls and boys | – | 302 | 8.7 km |
| Gonzaga CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 576 | 8.8 km |
| Wesley CollegeVoluntary secondary · Methodist | Girls and boys | Fee-paying, Boarding | 942 | 8.9 km |
| Sandford Park School LtdVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 437 | 9 km |
| St. Tiernan's Community SchoolCommunity school · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | DEIS | 368 | 9.1 km |
| Castleknock Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,318 | 9.2 km |
| St Josephs Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 283 | 9.3 km |
| Our Lady's Grove Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 295 | 9.4 km |
| Catholic University SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | Fee-paying | 544 | 9.4 km |
| St Pauls C.B.S.Voluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | DEIS | 244 | 9.4 km |
| Loreto CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | Fee-paying | 588 | 9.4 km |
| Goatstown Educate Together Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 366 | 9.4 km |
| Muckross Park CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | – | 709 | 9.5 km |
| Coláiste MhuireVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Gaelcholáiste, DEIS | 272 | 9.7 km |
| Edmund Rice CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | – | 912 | 9.7 km |
| Luttrellstown Community CollegeETB · Multi-denominational | Girls and boys | – | 1,027 | 9.7 km |
| St Declan's CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Boys | – | 651 | 9.8 km |
| St Kilian's Deutsche SchuleVoluntary secondary · Inter-denominational | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 475 | 9.8 km |
| St Conleths CollegeVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls and boys | Fee-paying | 339 | 9.9 km |
| Mount Carmel Secondary SchoolVoluntary secondary · Catholic | Girls | DEIS | 386 | 9.9 km |
Department of Education post-primary list 2025/26; straight-line distances from the town’s centre point.
Special schools and classes around Tallaght
7 special schools serve the area: The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, ABACAS Special School for Children with Autism, St Roses Special School, St Josephs Special Sch, Setanta Special School, Cheeverstown Sp Sch and Libermann Spiritan School, 338 pupils between them. 44 of the 58 primary schools have special classes for children who need more support. Their cards ↑
Special schools and primary schools with special classes as the Department lists them; the National Council for Special Education places pupils in special classes.
Tallaght beside the 77 other Irish towns of 10,900 to 21,000 people
Schools in or within 3 km of each town, by population; none is ranked, as Ireland publishes no results
| Town | People | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carpenterstown | 20,967 | 102 | 40,675 | 5 | 40% | 0.3 km |
| … | ||||||
| Cabinteely | 15,864 | 67 | 21,279 | 4 | 21% | 0.6 km |
| Ashbourne | 15,680 | 13 | 6,695 | 2 | 0% | 1.1 km |
| Laytown-Bettystown-Mornington-Donacarney | 15,642 | 11 | 5,783 | 1 | 0% | 1.4 km |
| Tullamore | 15,598 | 14 | 4,273 | 1 | 43% | 0.4 km |
| Tallaght | 15,588 | 85 | 30,738 | 9 | 42% | 0.8 km |
| Clontarf West | 15,296 | 151 | 40,521 | 9 | 51% | 0.3 km |
| Kimmage | 15,207 | 132 | 38,981 | 9 | 45% | 0.5 km |
| Castletroy | 15,093 | 29 | 10,543 | 3 | 52% | 1.3 km |
| Ballybane | 15,082 | 18 | 6,135 | 2 | 44% | 0.3 km |
| … | ||||||
| Longford | 10,952 | 12 | 3,607 | 1 | 83% | 0.2 km |
More pupils attend the schools around 27 of the other 77 towns than around Tallaght. Every one of them has an all-Irish school within 3 km.
Department of Education school lists 2025/26 (preliminary); CSO Census 2022 populations.
Pupil numbers around Tallaght
Each September’s pupils at every school in or within 3 km of the town, counted where the school stands today.
The schools in and around Tallaght had 29,373 pupils in 2015/16 and 30,738 in 2025/26. Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School grew most: +407% since 2019/20.
Pupils at schools in and around Tallaght
Department of Education enrolments at 30 September each year, 2015/16 to 2025/26 (preliminary), for every school placed in the area today; schools that have since closed or merged count where they stood.
Schools in the towns around Tallaght
Schools in or within 3 km of each neighbouring town; distances in a straight line.
| Town | Schools | Pupils | All-Irish | DEIS schools | Nearest post-primary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tallaght | 85 | 30,738 | 9 | 42% | 0.8 km |
| Old Bawn 1.5 km | 73 | 26,840 | 5 | 43% | 0.7 km |
| Kilnamanagh 1.8 km | 112 | 38,733 | 8 | 48% | 0.4 km |
| Fettercairn 2.1 km | 72 | 25,995 | 8 | 50% | 0.6 km |
| Bohernabreena 2.5 km | 54 | 19,297 | 5 | 46% | 0.9 km |
| Jobstown 2.6 km | 53 | 19,772 | 5 | 45% | 0.1 km |
| Firhouse 2.9 km | 70 | 25,224 | 5 | 34% | 0.7 km |
Of Tallaght’s neighbours, Jobstown saw the most growth in pupils since 2019/20 (+6%) and Bohernabreena the least (−2%); Tallaght itself: +4%.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which schools count. Every school in Tallaght or within 3 km of its outline, as the Department places it: families here use them. Schools further out are on the map of each school’s own page.
- The kinds of school. Primary schools take children from junior infants to sixth class, about ages 4 to 12. Post-primary schools teach the Junior and Leaving Certificate, about ages 12 to 18: voluntary secondary schools (mostly with a religious patron), ETB schools and community colleges run by an Education and Training Board, and community and comprehensive schools. Special schools teach children with particular needs.
- Teaching through Irish. All-Irish: every subject taught through Irish, in the Gaeltacht or, outside it, a Gaelscoil or Gaelcholáiste. Partly in Irish: an Irish stream (some classes entirely through Irish) or some subjects through Irish. Every other school teaches Irish as a subject.
- DEIS. DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) gives schools serving disadvantaged areas more teachers, money and support; the Department decides which schools are in it.
- Ethos and patron. Most Irish schools are owned by a patron, mostly a church; the patron sets the school’s ethos. Multi-denominational schools (Educate Together, many ETB schools) teach children of every faith and none together.
- No grade. Section 53 of the Education Act 1998 lets the Minister refuse to release information that would allow schools’ exam results to be compared, and no results are published school by school. So Ireland’s schools have no letters and its towns no School Grade; nothing on this page ranks them.
- What isn’t here. What the UK and French pages show from results, these can’t: results charts, results against pupils’ backgrounds and towns ranked by their schools (no published results), and how full each school is (no capacity is published). Every post-primary school teaches to the Leaving Certificate, so there is no sixth-form split to show.
- Inspections. The Inspectorate’s reports are linked from each school’s page. They give no overall grade, so none is shown.
- The year. The 2025/26 lists are the Department’s preliminary release; numbers can change a little in the final lists.
Questions about schools in Tallaght
How many schools are there in Tallaght?
In Tallaght or within 3 km of it: 58 primary schools, 20 secondary schools and 7 special schools, with 30,738 pupils between them.
Are there schools in Tallaght that teach through Irish?
Yes, 9: Coláiste de hÍde, Scoil Santain and Scoil Chaitlin Maude teach every subject through Irish.
Are there fee-paying secondary schools near Tallaght?
No: all 20 secondary schools here are free.
What is the best school in Tallaght?
We don’t say. Ireland publishes no exam results school by school, and section 53 of the Education Act 1998 restricts comparing them; a ranking would rest on guesses. Each school’s page has its own facts and a link to its inspection reports, and visiting the schools you are weighing is still the best guide.
How do I get a place at a school in Tallaght?
Apply to each school directly: every school publishes an admission policy and a yearly admission notice with its dates. If it has more applicants than places, it admits on the criteria in its policy.
Sources: Department of Education, school lists 2025/26 (preliminary) and enrolments since 2015/16, CC BY 4.0 · one school placed with OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).